THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

JAPAN ACADEMY OF NURSING SCIENCE

JAPAN SOCIETY OF NURSING RESEARCH

Elucidation of nursing methods to enhance the autonomy of mechanically ventilated patients in an awake state as practiced by ICU nurses., 2019.04 - 2022.03

Summary： The aim of this study was to reveal the current practice of self-care support provided by ICU nurses to light-sedated mechanically ventilated patients .An anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted on ICU nurses belonging to randomly selected ICUs accredited as the specialist-training institutes by the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine. The questionnaire consisted of 16 items of tooth brushing, 8 items of facial wiping with a towel,11 items of shaving, and 8 items of combing the hair.Each item was answered dichotomously: i.e. "doing" or "not doing". Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
517 ICU nurses responded.Only 7 items of the self-care support were reported to be done by more than a half of the nurses, of which 5 items were related to "facial wiping with a towel" (implementation rate 60-67%). Most of the items related to "tooth brushing", "shaving", and "combing the hair " were reported to be done by 50% or less of the nurses.